# Hays Code

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Rear Window with Jennifer O'Callaghan

Get the book here. The definitive, in-depth look inside the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window—the all-time classic of voyeurism, paranoia, and murder that became one of Hollywood’s greatest achievements and turned generations of viewers into “a race of Peeping Toms.” . . .Before the intern…

Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – In Cold Blood

Was the 1967 film adaptation of Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel ‘In Cold Blood’ ground zero for our movie-and-true-crime obsession? In this bonus episode, Zeth does a deep dive into how the film broke all the rules while the infamous Hays Code was breaking down in Hollywood. To learn more abou…

Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – In Cold Blood

Was the 1967 film adaptation of Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel ‘In Cold Blood’ ground zero for our movie-and-true-crime obsession? In this bonus episode, Zeth does a deep dive into how the film broke all the rules while the infamous Hays Code was breaking down in Hollywood. To learn more abou…

One Year of Queernecks

Trauma Bonding, Bury Your Gays, and WVU’s Burning Couch Lore WE HAVE A PATREON JOIN OUR CLUB Send us mail at mailbag@queernecks.com Follow us on Facebook or Instagram at @Queernecks Subscribe to out newsletter for the Queernecks ramble expansion pack: https://substack.com/@queernecks Hosts Beck and…

Leopold and Loeb: Compulsion (1959)

The first title in our Leopold and Loeb coverage is Compulsion, written by Richard Murphy and based on Meyer Levin's 1956 novel. Richard Fleischer's film is notable for casting Orson Welles, who delivers an impassioned speech against the death penalty in the finale. Plus: a weakened Hays Code; be…

The Monsters That Defined Horror (Part 1)

In this episode of Rent Free History, Peyton and Kemdi explore the origins and lasting legacy of the Universal Monsters, from Frankenstein's tragic search for acceptance to Dracula's immortal influence on vampire fiction, the curse of the Wolfman, the mysteries of The Mummy, and the terrifying powe…

Hays Code Queer Coding: Dracula’s Daughter, The Uninvited & Tea and Sympathy

Classic Hollywood cinema wasn’t empty of queer stories. Under the Hays Code, filmmakers just had to make audiences work for the subtext. In this episode of Second Cut, Jacob, Sam, and Kieran look at queer coding in classic Hollywood through Dracula’s Daughter (1936), The Uninvited (1944), and Tea a…

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

This week on Who's Our Lead we discuss the 1958 movie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Starring Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is an adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play of the same name. Our conversation includes discussion of Paul Newman's beginnings as a star in the Hollywood…

Episode #3: The Hays Code - Part II

The Motion Picture Production Code, or Hays Code, was built to keep Hollywood in line. So how did it collapse? In Part II of our deep dive into the Hays Code, we trace the slow-motion demolition of Hollywood's moral rulebook, one act of defiance at a time. A push-up bra Howard Hughes designed himse…

Far From Heaven, 2005 and All that Heaven Allows, 1955 Part 1

Listen as Tom and Letty dive deep into All that Heaven Allows. This 1955 Douglas Sirk classic also has a remake told form the modern era. Todd Haynes Far From Heaven retells the same story without the pesky Hays Code. We also discuss The Odessey, The Obsession and seat warmers in cars. Tom debates …